GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001299
TitleCommonplace Book of the Reverend John Hunter
ShelfmarkMS 2781
Creation Date1685 - 1711
RepositoryNational Library of Scotland
Contents NoteBook contains sermons, verse, letters, and notes on mechanics. Preaching notes are tidily written without annotations and vary from very brief notes to more detailed notes. No preaching information. There are also notes on mechanics, poetry, letters, and copies of various other texts.
Material Features“John Hunter” and the date “1685” are written several times on f. 1r along with “Elisabeth Skirven” apparently in a later hand.
Provenance
AcquisitionBelonged to George Neilson collection. Following his death November 1923 purchased by NLS (Note pasted on front endpaper).
Source of DataAnne James
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on Romans 8:8 -- ff. 17r - 20v Sermon on 2 Peter 1:10 -- ff. 21r - 22vSermon on Romans 2:28 -- ff. 23v - 25vSermon on Ecclesiastes 12:7 -- ff. 32r - 33vSermon on Psalms 19:11 -- ff. 34r - 35vSermon on Psalms 130:2 -- ff. 38r - 39rSermon on 1 Peter 2:4 -- ff. 39r - 45vSermon on 1 Chronicles 29:15 -- ff. 48r - 52vSermon on 1 Chronicles 29:15 -- ff. 48r - 52vSermon on Acts 8:21 -- ff. 52v - 56rSermon on Matthew 5:20 -- ff. 58r - 61vSermon on John 8:36 -- ff. 58r - 61v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdMarch 20, 2020
GEMMS record last editedMarch 20, 2020